Just check the relative benchmarks if you're curious how much of a difference it can make: If its a media server dealing with video then the dual procs might make a difference, but buying a new 5,1 processor tray is probably the most expensive upgrade you can do. (And as others have mentioned, USB 3 is a great next step.) There are threads on about which NVME drives and adapter cards work.
If you do go with a PCIe NVME solution, understand that you will only be able to use High Sierra or later because modern NVME drives (512byte blocks) only work in High Sierra or later.
#2010 mac pro ssd or processor upgrade update
A PCIe NVME SSD will blow the doors off of a SATA SSD, but it requires the ROM update first.īTW, once you get the boot rom up to 140.0.0.0 or later, you can still use High Sierra. Even if you don't stay on Mojave, it will get you the updated boot ROM, and that is key to putting in a fast SSD. I would first go with a Mojave/Metal capable GPU, so that you can then upgrade to Mojave. The most cpu intensive task I give mine is recompressing video, and that is only a few times a week. Most day to day tasks don't use multiple cores, games rarely use more than 4 cores even today. If, on the other hand, you are gaming, or just doing occasional tasks above, then a dual CPU will get you pretty much nothing but a nice score to look at. If you make a living editing video or doing a lot of 3D, photoshop, video ripping or other professional work, then a dual CPU would be worth the cost. It really depends on what you plan to do with the machine.
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